UK report /East of England /Wisbech
DueLead Pulse · Q3 2026

Wisbech business borrowing report

15.8% of Wisbech's 2,410 trading companies have secured borrowing (380 businesses), above the East of England at 13.6%.

Covers 2026-07-01 to 2026-09-30 · Companies House file of 2026-10-01 · Free to cite with a link

Share of trading companies with secured borrowing

East of England
13.6%
355,968 companies · 11th of 12
12.3%17.4%
2.4k
Trading companies
2,410
15.8%
With secured borrowing
+2.1 pts vs region
900
Live charges registered
2.4 per borrower
81
New companies in Q3 2026
still trading at quarter end
2.8%
Late filing accounts
67 companies
In brief

What the data says

01Real estate & lettings is the most secured-borrowing sector here: 45% of its 221 companies have a lender's charge.
0281 new companies started in Wisbech in Q3 2026, and 67 (2.8%) are late filing accounts.
Who borrows

Bigger and older companies borrow more

Share of trading companies in Wisbech with at least one outstanding charge, by size (from the accounts they file) and by age.

By company size

Dashed line: East of England overall

Micro
11.5%
Small
26.1%
Medium & large
69.0%
No accounts yet
3.5%

By company age

Dashed line: East of England overall

0-2 years
4.2%
2-5 years
10.7%
5-10 years
16.2%
10-20 years
17.3%
20+ years
43.6%
By sector

Where secured lending is concentrated

The largest sectors in Wisbech, ranked by the share of companies with a lender's charge.

Real estate & lettings
44.8%
Agriculture & farming
37.1%
Manufacturing
18.9%
Business support services
13.6%
Construction & trades
11.0%
Retail
10.3%
Haulage & logistics
8.2%
Professional services
6.2%
Share with secured borrowingAll sectors in Wisbech (15.8%)
Town reports

Other towns in the East of England

Every town with at least 2,000 trading companies registered there.

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